Crap Towns / Filton / Pollution incidents
How often does Filton get polluted?
7 serious pollution incidents have been recorded in Filton or within 1 km of it since 2016, the joint 164th most of the 948 English towns that have had one. The most recent came in August 2026 and put crude sewage in the water.
| When | What | Where | Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 2026 | Crude sewage | In the water | Significant |
| December 2025 | Petrol | On the land and in the air | Significant |
| December 2025 | Suspended solids | In the water | Significant |
| January 2025 | Diesel | In the water | Significant |
| October 2020 | Storm sewage | In the water | Significant |
| May 2019 | An unidentified pollutant | In the water | Significant |
| July 2017 | Firefighting run-off and smoke | In the air | Significant |
| Town | Distance | Serious incidents since 2016 |
|---|---|---|
| Bristol | 7.0 km | 16 |
| Bradley Stoke | 2.6 km | 8 |
| Filton | – | 7 |
| Stoke Gifford | 2.4 km | 7 |
| Kingswood and Fishponds | 6.8 km | 6 |
| Patchway | 2.0 km | 5 |
| Keynsham | 12.8 km | 2 |
| Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne | 6.6 km | 1 |
| Yate | 11.1 km | 1 |